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Composition in violet tones, white, yellow, green and black. Smooth texture and contour lines. It depicts figure dressed in donkey costume. The figure is from the front, with his on the left arm bent up, the profile head to the left, with donkey mask. The head is yellow in color with violet traces, ears and neck are green. The body is white with violet spots and oval design on the belly in green and black. Paws represented in yellow and violet tones. Plain white background.

Details

  • Title: Donkey
  • Creator Lifespan: 1903-12-29 - 1962-12-06
  • Creator Nationality: Brazilian
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Creator Death Place: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Creator Birth Place: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Date: 1944
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w17.5 x h25.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:figure
  • Technique: watercolor, lead pencil
  • Signature: Initialed at bottom right "CP". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4990
  • Inscription: Inscription in middle of bottom edge "jumento”
  • Function: Costume design for the Iara Ballet
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2151

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